RABBIT CONTROL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 27447, 21 July 1950, Page 8

RABBIT CONTROL

Sir,—ln the Daily Times of July 17 th. Bo C £d ar MV°T *£* Strath-Taieri Rabbit Board, Mr J. T. Dixon, states that th. board is a legally constituted, body, and goes_ on to .say that a; rabbit board could ‘toe: consent of the ratepayers' concerned. It is worthy °f n°to that authority for such action la contained, In the. Rabbit Nuisance AmendPassed in'l947, at a time when the Labour Government was at the height of its nationalisation schemes. It • matters little, whether the board, are legally- constituted if their policy i. not properly directed to achieve the de?i r ®. d resulte. If rabbit destruction ia e ]F objective, it shows a complete lack for an y° n e to suggest that that objective can be reached by taking to® r ' csponsibility off the landowners concerned. The boards have power to Sit ~ toe taxpayers’ money; and also to penalise by a rate, of Is an acre thos. +S2 ne^ s who bave cleared the pest off produefionf’ Snd are ste adily increasing

..Thejaet that Federated Farmers and the National Party, from whom wei hear so much about private enterprise, supnnhtiSfihi 3 S °cialistic policy is almost cvable, a nd an explanation from th. both these organisations especially Mr Sim, who spoke in Christrecently, would be very interestmg. The farmers m the proposed Tua» peka rabbit district, are to be ■ congratulated on the fight they are putting up to gfcP. ..toe wings of this monster of Socialism as it operates today.—l am, etc,. Waitahuna. H. B. McCorklndale.